On Tuesday 20 September 2016 at 9am local time, Bangkok South Criminal Court will announce its verdict in a criminal case brought by Natural Fruit Company Ltd. against British migrant rights defender Andy Hall on criminal defamation and Computer Crimes Act charges. The verdict follows completion of court hearings stretching over almost 4 years and involving 24 defense and prosecution witnesses and follows submission of closing statements in the case during August 2016.

The verdict will be read in room 405 of the Court on Charoen Krung Road with EU, UK and Finnish government observers in attendance. The charges in this case carry a maximum combined penalty of seven years imprisonment as well as fines should the defendant Andy Hall be found guilty by the Court. Andy Hall will attend the hearing alongside his legal defense team.

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Bangkok South Criminal Court Conviction Appeals Ruling

Appeal Verdict to be IssuedMay 31st, 2018

Bangkok South Criminal Court will read the adjourned ruling of the Appeals Court on the appeal of Andy Hall and Natural Fruit against Andy Hall’s conviction and sentencing in a criminal defamation and computer crimes case filed against Hall by Natural Fruit Company Ltd. executives in response to the publication of the Finnwatch report in 2013. An arrest warrant has been issued for Hall to attend the verdict after he failed to attend the Court on the previous appointed verdict date on 24th April 2018

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Andy Hall has set up a YouCaring crowdfunding site to receive donations to fund his professional team of lawyers (and support other related case costs) to defend himself in the ongoing and unrelenting judicial harassment being waged against him by just a few irrational and vindictive companies in Thailand. See https://www.youcaring.com/andyhall-1151843 and you can donate there.